What Does the Earth Get from the Sun?

Energy? But the energy received from the Sun is precisely equal to the energy radiated by the Earth. So what does the Earth get from the Sun that powers its ecosystem?

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Spoken language has always struggled with conveying the concept of entropy in layman’s terms. This video is a very adept treatment, so even for the scientifically informed and literate, it pleasantly resonates. History of scientific thought and discovery, as it reveals all the connections involved, is fascinating. Remember that TV series?

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